Did you know...? LFC v United
Here are some things you might not have known about Manchester United and their history with Liverpool...
The Reds are unbeaten at home in the last four league meetings against United, with three wins and one draw.
United have not kept a clean sheet against Liverpool in their last eight league meetings home and away.
The current head-to-head record for league encounters between the two teams stands at: Liverpool 38 wins, United 22 wins, 19 draws (Anfield); Liverpool 53 wins, United 61 wins, 44 draws (overall).
Ryan Giggs with 45, has made more appearances against Liverpool than any United player in history, while Jamie Carragher has the joint-most for the Reds against the Red Devils (32) along with Ian Rush.
Of the 40 Premier League clashes between the two teams there has only ever been one goalless draw - at Anfield in September 2005.
Liverpool's biggest ever win at Anfield against United was 7-1, in the first game between the two sides in October 1895 when their rivals were known as Newton Heath. United's biggest visiting win was in December 1969 when they recorded a 4-1 victory.
The last nine league clashes between Liverpool and Manchester United, home and away, have produced 30 goals.
United have failed to score in only three of their last 16 league visits in front of the Kop, and have found the net in nine of the last 11.
United's last win at Anfield in the Premier League came in December 2007. Carlos Tevez scored the only goal on 43 minutes. Six of their starting XI that day remain at Old Trafford - Anderson, Patrice Evra, Rio Ferdinand, Ryan Giggs, Wayne Rooney and Nemanja Vidic.
Last season's meeting at Anfield is the only match in the last 13 league fixtures home and away that failed to produce a winner - Liverpool have won four, United eight.
United have won at Anfield nine times in the Premier League compared to Liverpool's seven. It is the best record of any visiting team during that era.
Seven Liverpool players have scored league hat-tricks against Manchester United, with only two men - Peter Beardsley (1990) and Dirk Kuyt (2011) - achieving the feat in the last 75 years.
Steven Gerrard scored Liverpool's 1,200th Premier League goal in the meeting at Anfield last season, which finished 1-1 after Javier Hernandez equalised nine minutes from time.
Only Dick Forshaw (eight), Harry Chambers and Gordon Hodgson (seven each) have scored more goals for Liverpool against United than Steven Gerrard's six. Robbie Fowler also scored half a dozen.
Nemanja Vidic has been sent off three times against Liverpool - all during a 13-month spell in 2008-09.
Javier Hernandez has scored in the last two league meetings at Anfield. The last visiting player to score a league goal at the Reds' home in three successive seasons was John Fashanu of Wimbledon between 1991 and 1994.
Summer signing Robin van Persie has scored three goals in his last three games against Liverpool and four in 11 in total. The Dutchman has found the back of the net 52 times in his last 59 Premier League appearances.
United have had three penalties awarded to them this season and seen them all saved - Robin van Persie at Southampton, Javier Hernandez at home to Wigan and Nani against Galatasaray.
The two teams' goalscorers this season (league in brackets) are:
Liverpool: Suarez 3 (2), Shelvey 2 (0), Borini 1 (0), Coates 1 (0), Downing 1 (0), Gerrard 1 (0), Johnson 1 (0), Skrtel 1 (1), Wisdom 1 (0), own goals 2 (0)
United: Van Persie 4 (4), Buttner 1 (1), Carrick 1 (0), R. Da Silva 1 (1), Hernandez 1 (1), Kagawa 1 (1), Powell 1 (1), Scholes 1 (1)